After Wu’s ‘dead’ tax plan, readers are concerned about rising property taxes. Here’s why.
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Top senator says Wu's tax plan is 'dead' as delays continue
Mayor Michelle Wu has been pressing for months for the state to give her administration the power to push a greater share of the city's property tax burden onto commercial owners for up to three years,
Michelle Wu says Senate defeat of property tax plan 'heartbreaking' for local homeowners
The hot button plan was negotiated by the city and the business community for months but ultimately killed by South Boston State Senator Nick Collins, who slammed the data behind the bill, saying it was false information. Collins received campaign funding from real estate officials, public records show.
How an elusive math problem killed Mayor Wu’s tax plan
Minor swings in real estate assessments are fairly common, but one torpedoed Mayor Wu’s high-profile push to boost commercial property tax rates.
State Sen. Brownsberger on why he's out on Wu's property tax shift plan
Massachusetts state Sen. Will Brownsberger joins Radio Boston to discuss the collapse of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to avert a property tax spike for city homeowners by temporarily raising rates on commercial property owners.
Wu on death of tax shift proposal: ‘The goalpost kept moving’
After Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to shift the burden of property taxes toward commercial owners died in the state Senate earlier this week, the mayor on Wednesday criticized the months-long process that had ended without any change.
Boston mayor’s plan to hike commercial property taxes killed
Michelle Wu’s proposal would’ve rebalanced tax obligations in the city, lowering the amount of property taxes owed by homeowners.
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What Michelle Wu's tax loss means for 2025
Now that Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to raise commercial taxes is dead, the themes of the 2025 election year are becoming ...
Those who opposed tax relief effort ‘do not have the best interests of Boston residents at heart,’ Wu says
Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday also took aim at the home rule petition process, which requires municipalities like Boston to ...
Battenfeld: City Councilor asks for state investigation of Michelle Wu’s defeated tax plan
It is now clear that the Boston City Council previously voted on the administration’s property tax classification legislation ...
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Wu speaks out on tax bill drama: 'We don't have time... to play games'
"We don't have time at the city level to play games," Wu said on GBH's "Boston Public Radio" on Wednesday. "I took this process -- and many, many residents, seniors, neighborhood leaders, advocates, ...
‘We don’t have time to play games’: Mayor Wu blasts opponents who killed property tax proposal
"It just felt like there was one goal post after another,” Wu said, issuing her first public remarks since the Senate’s top ...
Boston Rep. Michlewitz says House did its part for Wu’s scuttled tax bill
The House passed the Boston property tax relief bill in order to give the City the flexibility it needed to avoid ...
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Wu reflects on Boston tax bill drama
After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between ...